[AT] OT Daikon or Tillage Radish

[Tom Armstrong]

There has been a discussion of tillage radish over at YT in the "using your tractor" section.
 http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=using&th=26109
 Do a search

charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:

>Cecil,  apparently Ohio State University knows about it. 
>http://ohioline.osu.edu/sag-fact/pdf/Oilseed_Radish.pdf
>
>Not sure if this is the same plant you want or not but it's "tillage 
>radish".
>http://tillageradish.com/radish-blends/radish-blends.php
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Cecil R Bearden
>Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 10:37 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] OT Daikon or Tillage Radish
>
>Anyone heard of this radish or where I can buy seed in quantity at a
>reasonable price?.   In Oklahoma, it is foreign...    This vegetable has
>a tap root that can go below the plow pan in the soil and prevent me
>from wearing out my antique tractors to plow the ground up.  It also
>brings nutrients from below to the surface when it decomposes.    Really
>too good to be true, but if I don't try it , I will never know.   I have
>resolved to try the new stuff that I could never get my Dad to try out.
>
>Cecil in OKla
>
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